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Leyton Orient move top of League Two by beating Stevenage

Ian Hendon saw two late goals send his Leyton Orient side top of the League Two table against Stevenage
Image: Ian Hendon saw two late goals send his Leyton Orient side top of the League Two table against Stevenage

Two strikes in the final six minutes sent Leyton Orient top of League Two on goal difference as they defeated Stevenage 3-0 to keep their 100 per cent record going.

Late efforts from Blair Turgott and Ollie Palmer sealed a comprehensive victory against the side managed by Teddy Sheringham, who is still seeking his first win as boss.

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Highlights of the League Two clash between Leyton Orient and Stevenage

Ian Hendon's Orient are only just ahead of Wycombe, who kept up their perfect record with a narrow 1-0 success at Morecambe thanks to Aaron Pierre's goal 16 minutes from the end.

Hartlepool are the only other team with three wins from three and they also edged to victory against Newport County with a single goal, Scott Fenwick's effort giving them all three points.

Fourth-top Cambridge came from behind to win at AFC Wimbledon, with two goals in three minutes from Leon Legge and Barry Corr swinging things their way 2-1 at Kingsmeadow.

They overtake Portsmouth, who drew 0-0 at Crawley, while Plymouth have moved up to sixth after a 4-1 rout of Carlisle.

The visitors brought 79 fans with them and they endured a miserable night as a Jake Jervis double and strikes from Reuben Reid and Graham Carey killed their team off.

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Highlights of the League Two clash between Plymouth and Carlisle

Sean McConville's first-half goal gave Accrington a 1-0 win against Mansfield and Stuart Sinclair struck in injury time to give Bristol Rovers the same result at Luton.

Barnet got their first victory since returning to the Football League as John Akinde's second-half double was enough to see off Northampton by a 2-0 scoreline.

Dagenham and Redbridge prop up the table as their losing streak continued with a 2-1 home defeat to Exeter with Troy Brown making the difference.

Yeovil are ahead of them only on goal difference, however, and are also yet to get off the mark after they were beaten at York.

After netting just once last season for the Huish Park side, James Berrett got his second goal of this term to see off his old side.

In the other game, two sides in mid-table positions met and it was Oxford United won came out on top, beating Notts County 3-1 after trailing first. Danny Hylton rounded off victory with 12 minutes left.

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